GM To Kill Midsized Utes?

General Motors is prepared to move ahead with a new round of rear-wheel-drive vehicles but it is taking a hard look at the replacements for the traditional mid-size sport-utility vehicles such as the Chevrolet TrailBlazer.

Fritz Henderson, GM's chief financial officer, said in response to an analyst question that GM would move forward with a family of rear-wheel-drive cars based but also was taking a hard look at its future options.

"We have some rear-wheel-drive vehicles in the pipeline and we're going to execute those," he said.


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Homer008 - 5/8/2007 8:48:06 AM

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Trim off the fat and keep the meat.

EnnNorak - 5/8/2007 11:43:07 AM

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The larger Suburban, Yukon and Escalade are unique but I see no need for the traditional mid-size GM SUV offerings. I'm not surprised that GM is killing the latter.

Rupert - 5/8/2007 12:47:41 PM

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Boo GM SUVs.

EnnNorak - 5/9/2007 2:45:22 PM

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Here's the deal "SoCaL": GM already has a very nice Saturn Outlook and Pontiac Acadia. So why bother producing the obsolete "midsize" SUVs with their less fuel-efficient obsolete engines and less luxurious interiors. And, if the Outlook is still too big, as my wife thinks, there is alsways the upcoming 2008 Saturn VUE to consider.